SPECIAL SESSION • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Special session

... was not the man to take these insults tamely. His first act was to call together the legislature of the State in special session, and the following ...

— In the Sweet Dry and Dry • Christopher Morley

... Congress. Although it fell far short of what was hoped for, it still seemed to Washington wholly advisable to accept it under the circumstances as an alternative to further wrangling and probable war. Sent under seal of secrecy to the Senate, in special session, its contents were none the less revealed by an opposition senator, and a tempest of disappointment and anger swept the country. In every seaport Jay was execrated as a fool and traitor and burned in effigy. Washington watched unmoved. The Senate voted ...

— The Wars Between England and America • T. C. Smith